"Your Majesty, I have no sworn brothers. I merely repeated some stories I heard from storytellers at Tianqiao a few days ago," Zu An replied.

"Oh? I haven't left the palace in a long time. If Lord Zu doesn't mind, could you tell me some of the stories told by the storytellers?" The Empress walked towards the pavilion and gestured for Zu An to follow.

As the head of the harem and an elder in Zu'an's family, she was not as restrained as ordinary concubines and did not need to avoid contact with officials.

Zuan was a little annoyed. He had only said it casually, and he never expected the other party to dig so deep.

But with so many palace maids and eunuchs watching, he couldn't openly disobey, so he had no choice but to follow: "Long, long ago, there was a fair-skinned man with arms that reached past his knees, a red-faced man with a beard that reached his chest, and a burly, dark-skinned man with a full beard. They became sworn brothers in a peach orchard..."

Fortunately, he was a time traveler, so he didn't have much else in his mind, but he did have a lot of stories. He quickly gave a general account of the Oath of the Peach Garden.

The Empress originally just wanted to take the opportunity to talk to him more and wasn't interested in any stories. But the more she listened, the more engrossed she became, and the palace maids and eunuchs around her also listened intently.

When he heard the exciting part, Eunuch Lü couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer: "What a righteous and chivalrous Guan Yu!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately realized his mistake and hurriedly apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I was too engrossed in listening."

Zuan looked strange. Historically, eunuchs either worshipped Yue Fei or Guan Yu. He never expected that they would have such a strong attraction to eunuchs from another world.

"It's alright," the Empress naturally wouldn't blame him, but instead looked at Zu'an with a smile, "I'm curious, just how extraordinary is that famous steed called Diao Chan, that so many heroes in the world want to ride it?"

“Those people really did want to ride her…” Zuan quickly dealt with the situation.

"And what about the next part?" the Empress asked hurriedly.

"Uh, that's all." Zu'an's mouth was dry from talking, so he had no intention of slowly telling her the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"Then next time Your Excellency hears the sequel, you must come to the palace and tell me about it. I'm itching to hear it." The Empress said, while secretly giving her a charming wink.

Zu An understood her invitation: "Your Majesty, I am about to go to Yunzhong County. I will explain the rest of the story to you when I return."

No way, sister, we're not going!

Although the queen is quite beautiful, the risks of consuming her are far too great. As the saying goes, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. How can you give up the whole forest for one tree?

Moreover, he always felt like the empress was taking his essence, which made him feel really uncomfortable, so he resolutely refused.

Upon hearing his refusal, the Empress's smiling face instantly darkened: "It seems that Lord Zu just came from Consort Bai's place?"